July 17, 1955, was a day I will never forget, only because it was more chaotic than kids on a sugar high. That day was when the great Disneyland opened, but not so great then. My dearest husband, Marcus, and …

Four years ago I received my first guitar. It was a Christmas present I had been longing for for quite a while. Courtesy of my parents, it was a minty green color with an elaborate mermaid painted on the front …

It was a cool Tuesday morning in Coloma, California, in the spring of 1850. A perfect day for mining. The smell of mud and fire filled the cloudy sky. Johnny Smith, a boy who had recently turned eleven, was wandering …

Writing
Creates joy for me
Physically and mentally
When I’m in the lab
Everything shimmers
The whiteboard
The computer screen
The Dell sign
When you print a finished piece
It shimmers with accomplishment…

I started art lessons at Sue Hand’s Imagery when I was about five years old. The real reason I wanted to go was to be with my friends from kindergarten, but when my first art teacher, Laura, told me I …